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The PLOS Climate Cryospheric Science section covers all aspects of the cryosphere in the context of climate change, including (but not limited to):

Polar meteorology and climatology
Glaciology
Polar governance
Polar ecology
Sea ice dynamics
Modelling of the cryosphere
Snow science

For a full list of the Academic Editors serving in this section, please visit the PLOS Climate editorial board page.

Read an Editorial laying out our Cryospheric Science editors’ vision for the section.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SECTION

Henson HC, Miller E, Lindi JM, Nunn C, Dwivedi V, Kavanagh E, et al. (2025) Dreaming the future of polar research: A vision from the next generation. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000672. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000672

Diodato N, Ljungqvist FC, Bellocchi G (2025) Climate-assisted data-driven decadal snowfall predictions in the Swiss foothills. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000592. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000592

Faria SH, Arrizabalaga-Iriarte J, Cortés D, González-Santacruz N, Muñoz-Marzagon P (2025) Reflections on United Nations’ Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences and International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000674

Wilson G, Green M, Campbell J, Contosta A, Lany N, Bailey A (2024) Long-term measurements of seasonal snowpacks indicate increases in mid-winter snowmelt and earlier snowpack disappearance in the northeastern U.S. PLOS Clim 3(12): e0000529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000529

Gillie ER, Bryndum-Buchholz A, Willis SG, Eddy TD (2024) Exploring novel North Water Polynya ecosystems under climate change. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000490

Gaffey CB, Bax N, Krauzig N, Tougeron K (2024) A call to strengthen international collaboration to assess climate change effects in polar regions. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000495. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000495

Moraru A, Rasmussen LH, Calì Quaglia F, Middleton A, Huynh HM, López-Quirós A (2024) Polar fieldwork in the 21^st century: Early Career Researchers considerations regarding safety and sustainability. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000415. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000415

Marsh G, Chernikhova D, Thiele S, Altshuler I (2024) Microbial dynamics in rapidly transforming Arctic proglacial landscapes. PLOS Clim 3(6): e0000337. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000337

Fahrner D, Catania G, Shahin MG, Hansen DD, Löffler K, Abermann J (2024) Advances in monitoring glaciological processes in Kalallit Nunaat (Greenland) over the past decades. PLOS Clim 3(4): e0000379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000379

Wilcox EJ, Bennett KE, Boike J (2024) Bridging gaps in permafrost-shrub understanding. PLOS Clim 3(3): e0000360. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000360

Blaskey D, Mercer L, van Crimpen F, Devoie É (2024) Perspectives on funding structures, cross-cultural collaboration and institutional support needed to support the next generation of convergence climate scientists. PLOS Clim 3(1): e0000330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000330

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